Official S550 Production Numbers

[TexasRebel]

I'd like to know how many Oxford White Premium GT's with Performance pack, and Recaro seats. There can't be that many. It was an act of congress to find mine.

I was glad about that when looking for mine, I didn't want Recaros.

The thing is, the Recaro seats kill the heated/cooled seat feature that comes with the Premium GT. I also don't think they are as adjustable. It was a matter of guessing how many people wanted to pay more to lose features...

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[RocketGuy3]

Wow, they actually sell (or at least sold in 2015) more 5.0's than any other model? And 40% of their overall sales were GTs? That's pretty surprising. I feel like the vast majority of Mustangs I see on the road are not 5.0s.

 

[Agent_S550]

I should receive an updated file in February that will contain the 16's information. It will also have any revisions to the 15s. Most of this data is pretty fresh in this file I'm using so again, keep it mind it's not exact. Only Ford knows that and it's not easy to get the data I have from them.

 

[HISSMAN]

I was glad about that when looking for mine, I didn't want Recaros.

The thing is, the Recaro seats kill the heated/cooled seat feature that comes with the Premium GT. I also don't think they are as adjustable. It was a matter of guessing how many people wanted to pay more to lose features...

Yes, they are adjustable in every way that your seats are adjustable. It's just manual instead of automatic. But, I usually only adjust my seat one time, and that is the first time I sit in it. So, I didn't see the need for electronic controls. Heated and cooled is nice, as I have it in my other vehicles, but I don't miss it in the mustang at all.

 

[TexasRebel]

Yes, they are adjustable in every way that your seats are adjustable. It's just manual instead of automatic.

Ah! It also kills the seat memory and easy entry/exit features on the 401a cars.

There's a manual adjustment for height? :shrug:

 

[six_shooter]

Thanks for the info, pretty interesting to see. The V6 certainly accounted for more than I thought, about a quarter of production. It would be interesting to see the number of convertibles per engine type produced, but I guess they don't have detailed data like that.

 

[HISSMAN]

Ah! It also kills the seat memory and easy entry/exit features on the 401a cars.

There's a manual adjustment for height? :shrug:

Yes.

 

[DarkestHour]

But yes really. While the 4 and 6 may outweigh the 8, looking at a percentage...V8 sales represent 40% of MY15 production....a significant number. If you were to eliminate the 8 sales all together, the mustang would likely not exist. What this shows me is that V8 sales are equally as important as 4 and 6 sales.

I think it's fairly safe to say that it being 2017, all 2015 mustangs have been sold...so it is a pretty good representation of sales.

I'm confused. You said it isn't the 4 and 6 cylinders keeping the Mustang afloat then you say if you were eliminate the 8 sales altogether then the Mustang would not exist.

Which is it? I'm arguing the 4 and 6 cylinders are keeping the platform successful since more of those are sold than the V8.

 

[Ebm]

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I'm confused. You said it isn't the 4 and 6 cylinders keeping the Mustang afloat then you say if you were eliminate the 8 sales altogether then the Mustang would not exist.

Which is it? I'm arguing the 4 and 6 cylinders are keeping the platform successful since more of those are sold than the V8.

Not only that, the 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder engines bring up the average fuel mileage. Pretty soon, the EPA is raising the bar on minimum fuel mileage. Car manufacturers will start to get fined for every model that doesn't meet this criteria. Probably part of the reason why Ford is trying to produce a hybrid Mustang.

 

[tom_sprecher]

Wow, they actually sell (or at least sold in 2015) more 5.0's than any other model? And 40% of their overall sales were GTs? That's pretty surprising. I feel like the vast majority of Mustangs I see on the road are not 5.0s.

That's because 6 in 10 Mustangs on the road are not GT's.

Not only that, the 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder engines bring up the average fuel mileage. Pretty soon, the EPA is raising the bar on minimum fuel mileage. Car manufacturers will start to get fined for every model that doesn't meet this criteria. Probably part of the reason why Ford is trying to produce a hybrid Mustang.

I read that Trump met with the CEO's of several car manufacturer's and dangled reduced CAFE standards in front of them as an incentive to keep more production in the US vs. Mexico. I would be surprised if there was not a reduction in any case. Kinda that whole getting rid of job killing regulations thing he has going on there.

 

[5pointOh]

The EPA is going to have a lot more to worry about now than raising CAFE standards.

 

[Cardude99]

What these numbers show is that the v8 is not going anywhere any time soon, ford knows it's customer basis and with 40% of sales they would be foolish to change the formula now.

 

[millhouse]

I'm confused. You said it isn't the 4 and 6 cylinders keeping the Mustang afloat then you say if you were eliminate the 8 sales altogether then the Mustang would not exist.

Which is it? I'm arguing the 4 and 6 cylinders are keeping the platform successful since more of those are sold than the V8.

It's both. It was once (and maybe true) that the lower models is what allowed Ford to sell V8 mustangs. That doesn't appear to hold true anymore. Because V8 sales are such a large portion overall, it looks like the V8 sales are equally important. If Ford dropped the 8 from the lineup, they wouldn't be able to sell 4 and 6 cyl alone and make money.

 

[Gigantor]

Trump will lower EPA standards. He is not concerned about the environment.

 

[TexasRebel]

Trump will lower EPA standards. He is not concerned about the environment.

It's not a lack of concern about the environment. It's being realistic about the technologies at hand today.

It's easy, to put an impossibly low emissions requirement on paper.
It's not so easy to meet an impossibly low emissions requirement and do work.

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